Trump's New Disaster Policy Just Flopped (w/ Adam Mockler)
August 25, 2026
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5 min readTrump's Trade War With Canada Hits a New Low
On a recent episode of Pod Save America, host Jon Favreau sat down with political commentator Adam Mockler to break down three major developments in the news: Trump's escalating trade conflict with Canada, the administration's dubious claims of victory in the war with Iran, and Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed's combative appearance on Jesse Watters' Fox News show.
The episode opened with Trump threatening to impose a 50% tariff on Canadian steel and other products in January. Ontario Premier Doug Ford responded with characteristic bluntness, calling Trump a "loser" and saying, "I have more courage, more brains in my baby toe than he has in his whole body." Trump's countermove? He proposed renaming Lake Ontario to "Lake America" on social media.
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What you'll learn
- 1 (00:26) **Intro & Guest Adam Mockler** - John Favreau welcomes Adam Mockler, a 23-year-old political YouTuber who started with Minecraft videos and now debates Scott Jennings on CNN.
- 2 (01:37) **Trump’s Tariff War with Canada** - Trump announces a 50% tariff on Canadian steel and other products, escalating a trade war with America’s second-largest trading partner.
- 3 (03:00) **Broader Foreign Policy Chaos** - Mockler contrasts Trump’s Canada fight with his softness on Russia and North Korea, calling it a destruction of the liberal international order.
- 4 (06:37) **Midterm Implications of Canada Fight** - The trade war could hurt Republicans in three Senate races in states bordering Canada: Maine, Michigan, and Alaska.
- 5 (07:29) **Scott Jennings Declares Victory Over Iran** - Scott Jennings claims the U.S. has “won the war against Iran,” redefining victory as damaging Iran’s pillars of strength, despite no political concessions.
- 6 (10:10) **Mockler’s CNN Confrontation with Jennings** - Mockler recalls the moment he made Jennings nearly cry on CNN by asking for one political concession from Iran.
- 7 (13:00) **Scott Jennings’ Emotional Fragility** - Jennings also nearly cried when John Osoff mentioned Natalie Harp, while he’s been blind to Trump’s demeaning comments like “quiet piggy.”
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Show Notes
Adam Mockler joins Jon Favreau in studio to break down Trump’s disastrous new trade war with Canada, the Scott Jennings drama, and Fox News’ absolute meltdown.
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